Question from someone I intitiated in 1974

[33girl]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

Greek Chat seems very critical of someone who resigns from a GLO. There's a lot of talk about honoring your commitments. I disagree to a certain extent. You should try to make it work, but I'd rather someone who isn't interested or who is not cut for it leave the organization to pursue something that will make them truly happy. Leave the GLO with members who really want to be there and who will work hard, rather than poisoning the membership from within and who honestly won't be contributing anything but complaints anyway.

I don't think this is true. Do people who say "I've been a sister for 2 weeks and don't have any close friends yet, I want to resign" get piled on? Yes. Do people who say "my dad lost his job and I have no money, I hate living with 20 people, the whole Greek thing isn't for me, I want to resign" get piled on? I don't think so. They get counseled to be sure before they make an unchangeable decision, but that goes with any big decision like transferring or changing majors. The problem is that people come on here saying "I want to resign because of A" and it sounds like a stupid reason, and then after 4 pages of dragging the rest of the story out of the poster, it turns out it's not just A, but A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I don't think this is true. Do people who say "I've been a sister for 2 weeks and don't have any close friends yet, I want to resign" get piled on? Yes. Do people who say "my dad lost his job and I have no money, I hate living with 20 people, the whole Greek thing isn't for me, I want to resign" get piled on? I don't think so. They get counseled to be sure before they make an unchangeable decision, but that goes with any big decision like transferring or changing majors. The problem is that people come on here saying "I want to resign because of A" and it sounds like a stupid reason, and then after 4 pages of dragging the rest of the story out of the poster, it turns out it's not just A, but A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.

I also have a short temper, personally, with women who want to resign as seniors. I think it sucks to be like "oh, I went to all these mixers, made all these friends, loved my chapter for three years, and now that I am a senior, well, what's in it for me?"